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Blue John (also
known as
Derbyshire Spar) is a semi-precious mineral, a rare form of
fluorite with
bands of a purple-
blue or
yellowish colour. In the...
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SPARS was the
authorized nickname for the
United States Coast Guard (USCG) Women's Reserve. The
nickname is an
acronym fashioned from the USCG's motto...
- Selenite,
satin spar,
desert rose, and
gypsum flower are
crystal habit varieties of the
mineral gypsum. All
varieties of gypsum,
including selenite and...
- Harper, Douglas. "fluorite".
Online Etymology Dictionary. Harper, Douglas. "
spar".
Online Etymology Dictionary.
James Harrell 2012. UCLA
Encyclopedia of Egyptology...
- 2017,
Blue Raincoat Music acquired the Berlin-based
booking agency Spar-ks.
Blue Raincoat Music now
serves as the
umbrella company under which Blue Raincoat...
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Blue Eye
Samurai is an
adult animated action television series created and
written by wife-and-husband team
Amber Noizumi and
Michael Green, with supervising...
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Manchester photographer Alfred Brothers. In the UK
Blue John, or "Derbyshire
Spar", is
found only in
Blue John
Cavern and the
nearby Treak Cliff Cavern. It...
- Stallings.
Lewis was a long-term
sparring partner of
Muhammad Ali and is
mentioned in Ali's autobiography. He also
sparred with,
among others,
George Foreman...
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variety called "Iceland
spar" is used for
optical purposes.
Acute scalenohedral crystals are
sometimes referred to as "dogtooth
spar"
while the rhombohedral...
- have been used for baryte,
including barytine, barytite, barytes,
heavy spar, tiff, and
blanc fixe.
Baryte occurs in many
depositional environments, and...
